ESSENTIALS OF
PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL
HEALTH NURSING
(3RD EDITION BY
VARCAROLIS)
Table of Contents
1
Chapter 01: Practicing the Science and the Art of
... [Show More] PsychiatricNursing 2
Chapter 02: Mental Health and Mental Il ness7
Chapter 03: Theories and Therapies12
Chapter 04: Biological Basis for UnderstandingPsychopharmacology20
Chapter 05: Settings for Psychiatric Care
28
Chapter 06: Legal and Ethical Basis for Practice35
Chapter 07: Nursing Process and QSEN: The Foundation for Safe and EffectiveCare 43
Chapter 08: Communication Skil s: Medium for Al Nursing Practice51
Chapter 09: Therapeutic Relationships and the Clinical Interview58
Chapter 10: Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders
67
Chapter 11: Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, and Obsessive-CompulsiveDisorders74Alberts 7
Chapter 12: Somatic System Disorders and Dissociative Disorders85
Chapter 13: Personality Disorders
94
Chapter 14: Eating Disorders
103
Chapter 15: Mood Disorders: Depression
111
Chapter 16: Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
121
Chapter 17: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Other PsychoticDisorders131
Chapter 18: Neurocognitive Disorders
142
Chapter 19: Substance-Related and AddictiveDisorders151
Chapter 20: Crisis and Mass Disaster
163
Chapter 21: Child, Partner, and Elder Violence
171
Chapter 22: Sexual Violence
179
Chapter 23: Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior
186Alberts 8
Chapter 24: Anger, Aggression, and Violence
195
Chapter 25: Care for the Dying and Those Who Grieve204
Chapter 26: Children and Adolescents
213
Chapter 27: Adults
221
Chapter 28: Older Adults
230Alberts 9
Test Bank: Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing (3rd Edition by Varcarolis) 2
Chapter 01: Practicing the Science and the Art of Psychiatric Nursing MULTIPLECHOICE
1. Which outcome, focused on recovery, would be expected in the plan of care for a patient
living in the community and diagnosed with serious and persistent mental illness? Within 3
months, the patient will: a. deny suicidal ideation.
b. report a sense of well-being.
c. take medications as prescribed.
d. attend clinic appointments on time.
ANS: B
Recovery emphasizes managing symptoms, reducing psychosocial disability, and improvingrole
performance.
The goal of recovery is to empower the individual with mental illness to achieve a sense of
meaning and satisfaction in life and to function at the highest possible level of wellness. The
incorrect options focus on the classic medical model rather than recovery.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application (Applying) REF: 2
TOP: Nursing Process: Outcomes Identification
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance [Show Less]